Polish Pilots in Battle of Britain 308 Fighter Squadron
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@cosmictimes 145 Polish fighter pilots served in the RAF during the Battle of Britain, which was the largest non-British contribution. It was many other Polish fighter squadrons: 302, 303, 306, 308, 309, 315, 316, 317, 318 and also bomber squadrons... 300, 301, 304, 305... Summary 19,400 Poles were serving in the RAF durning WWII.
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Uu stary zajebista lekcja historii. Dobra robota!
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Brat dziadka walczyl w tym szwadronie (dziadek walczyl na monte casino, piechota), pozniej przeszedl do Bombowcow i lecial naloty na Nurnberge i inne miasta. W kazdym razie nauczyl sie leciec w Polsce pod Poznaniem i w Anglii zostal ochonorowany aby niesklamac srebnym krzyzem ktorego dopiero zasluzyl po wojnie za udzial w misiach na Pacifiku, gdzie masa angielskich Pilotow lecieli dla Amerykanow. Zostal w Anglii i byl pilotem pasazerskim, do dzisiaj zyje z zona w Londynie. Nazwisko Klecha.
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@cosmictimes Damn, I just noticed. By "divisions" I obviously meant squadrons. I've done this mistake subconsciously because Polish word for squadron is "dywizjon" (or "szwadron", but only in cavalry not air forces).
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@cosmictimes There were 18 polish divisions in RAF (including 10 fighter ones) by the end of war. 303 was the best, it was created as one of first, and scored more kills than any other in whole RAF in Battle of Britain. 308 was created practically at the end of it, so title of this video is a little misleading, but victory in Battle of Britain (1940) itself was hardly an end of fight over British and European sky
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Great vid great song !
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Pyszne. Dzięki.
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I thought it was Fighter Squadron 303 not 308 ................. No matter who it was, 303 or 308, they helped the UK to land the first body blow against the nazis in the war for the freedom of Europe
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:) true :)
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good move :)
In a battle which changed the history of the world we the children of polish nation and a children and grandchildren of polish soldiers who fell in the battle so you could be free after nearly 70 years - "For your freedom and ours !!! " Proud to be polish.
kaczebka 2 years ago 28
"i hate when people say the poles gave up in the beginning of the war without knowing what they did"
Pollocko123,
Most westeuropeans don´t know your history because it is not written in our historybooks!! I know what you have done during WW2 and I give you all the respect that you deserve for it. You fought well but were betrayed by your allies. Only now there are good english books about polish history aailablet, so I am sure your history will be better known and your deeds heart about.
SiggyStern 2 years ago 23